The other day I about fell out of my chair when I read Hasso Hering's Sunday column on opening the borders with Mexico and Canada. I am an avid outdoorsman. I have spent a lot of time in the Cascades and Coast Range mountains over the years. I have seen first-hand what illegal aliens have done to our pristine mountains and streams. If you look close, you see where illegal alien crews have stripped our forests of bear grass, salal, mushrooms, Oregon grape and moss.

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